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Old Apr 28, 2012 | 04:34 PM
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i was looking into getting a typhoon intake and i didnt know if anyone had any experiences with them?

can you use a stock throttle body? what type of gasket do they use? do they really put out more power than the ls6?

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Old Apr 28, 2012 | 05:02 PM
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They put out about the same power as the ls6 but they come with about double the weight. They look pretty cool tho.
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weight doesnt bother me so much im not going to the drag strip i think it would look alright with the corvette valve cover covers (not sure what they are called)
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Old Apr 28, 2012 | 08:44 PM
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similar covers and looks good. Buddy's car, and with ported 98 heads, 232/232 cam, stock bottom, and typhoon put 410hp on "stingy" dyno....
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And I would really like to get a polished one on my setup... I am not a fan of the injector rails or gaskets, but they have longer runners so better bottom end as in era of TPI...
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Old Apr 28, 2012 | 09:24 PM
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Is "looking" the same as "searching"? Just curious.

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Search. I had one, looked great. Then I went with a fast 102 and changed my exhaust, found 33whp peak and 38wtq on what most people consider a baby cam 383. Also looks great.
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my buddy has one brand new in the box bought it off ebay with the hardware and everything shipped for 480 and he wants 400 for me i have a 224 224 114 cam 85 mm t/b so i thought this would be a good match for that t/b
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They're just fine if you get the new gaskets from PP. I installed one on a friends GTO and he blew 2 sets of gaskets then we found out we had the older paper gaskets, PP sent us the updated ones for free and we haven't had any issues since. It's not a product I'd ever buy but it's not as bad as everyone makes it out to be.
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I wouldn't recommend it. I put one on my car and it actually put out 17 less HP and 14 less tq then my ls6 intake. Needless to say I'm sticking with my ls6 until I find a decent priced fast 90.
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I wouldn't recommend it. I put one on my car and it actually put out 17 less HP and 14 less tq then my ls6 intake. Needless to say I'm sticking with my ls6 until I find a decent priced fast 90.
SAY WHAT?!? Details please...
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Ill post a dyno sheet later. I had a typhoon 96mm with a 102mm TB. Made 373hp 347tq on my Cam and bolt ons t/a. Went to a ls6 intake as I was not happy with those numbers, put down 390hp and 361 tq from just going to a ls6 intake and 85mm TB
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